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Jailed for organising

11-04-2006 12:43

New York Transit Workers Leader Faces Jail for strike.

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The Abolition of Parliament Bill

11-04-2006 12:15

The Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill is now awaiting report stage/third reading.
It will grant ministers the right to dictate law without recourse to Parliament i.e democracy.
The very least we can do is write a letter so Blair cannot pretend there is no desent.

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Nanoparticle based spray recalled after 80 made ill

11-04-2006 12:03

Concerns raised over tens of nanoparticle based products already on the market as nano cleaning spray pulled from the shelves

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Cambridge Forum - Sustainable Futures in Ladakh

11-04-2006 10:06

There's a particularly interesting meeting of Cambridge Forum next week (Tuesday April 18th) with Gabriele Reifenberg describing the fantastic work being undertaken to secure a sustainable future in Ladakh (trans-himalayan India). Gabriele knows what she is talking about because over the last twelve years she has been out there working on voluntary projects in Ladakh for several months each year.

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CROPS IN SECRET LOCATIONS USE GM DRUG THAT LEFT SIX CRITICALLY ILL

11-04-2006 10:02

Independent scientists have raised the alarm after media reports ommitted to mention that drugs, which left six people critically ill after a trial, are genetically modified and are being used in crops planted in secret locations across the UK.

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Rossport Solidarity Camp

11-04-2006 07:49

Rossport Solidarity Camp Meeting in Manchester, 20th April

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Glasgow - direct action group UNITY goes public!

11-04-2006 02:42

Hundreds of asylum seekers are planning a campaign of direct action to prevent immigration officers removing people who are threatened with deportation.
Using prearranged phone networks, they aim to erect human barricades in front of flats and houses to prevent officials gaining access and set up watches to alert people who fear being taken into detention.

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BNP go into lie overdrive with insane July 7th fantasy

11-04-2006 01:43

British National Party in story that’s even more crap than the fake ‘assassination attempt’ story shock

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100 Migrants in Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre on Hunger Strike

10-04-2006 22:25

Press Release on updated situation in Colnbrook. Includes the text written and signed by 97 hunger-strikers.

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Asylum & Immigrations Protest at Communications House

10-04-2006 21:49

All African Women's Group and other organisations protest outside Communications House, London on Monday April 10 in solidarity with international actions for immigration and asylum rights, and against detention.

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Banking on Our Ignorance: A holocaust denier is taken on by his cousin

10-04-2006 21:47

The more ignorant or unfamiliar you are with and about statecraft, the easier people who want to perpetuate war can manipulate you. So committments to war or peace or radical sanity take form, and an intensifying radical's radical dialogue
"becomes" between two persons who like each other at face value (and some years of background history). This communication may be instructive for those who want to better understand aggression and its rationalizations in order to ju-jitsu the worst of what happens when beliefs are allowed to bear the ugly fruits of perpetual war.

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April 8 anti-deportation demo - detainee tell of beatings in Colnbrook

10-04-2006 21:07

Video
Another detainee via mobile phone informs the demonstration detainees are being locked up and beaten.

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Victory in France?

10-04-2006 19:51

The hated CPE law was scrapped this morning after weeks of protests, strikes and occupations.

Read the full reports on  http://libcom.org/blog

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Korean Farmers Attacked for US Base Expansion

10-04-2006 19:14

April 7th, 6,000 riot police and 700 hired thugs attacked the
Autonomous Peace Village of Daechuri. They succeeded in destroying the irrigation system, making farming a near impossibility. 40 protesters were arrested, 30 were injured, 5 of those seriously.

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Capital Needs a Counterveiling Power

10-04-2006 17:34

Functionless profits do not lead to more investments, growth and employment.. The market, competition and profits are not ends in themselves..The economy exists for people, not vice versa.. Capital needs a counterveiling power through an equal worker participation in all economic affairs.

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Milan Rai: Speaking Tour

10-04-2006 16:19

Title: "7/7 Islam and Terror"
Name of Lecturer: Milan Rai
Venue: October Books
Time: 19:30
Date: 19 April 2006

Southampton

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US to attack Iran? Advance USAF activity at Fairford base may be tip off.

10-04-2006 15:40

Paul Rogers of the Oxford Research Group explains how we can know if we're there yet.